Fall Festival
Good Afternoon Everyone!! I just wanted to let you all know about a Fall Festival the WestCare site is hosting tomorrow from 2pm-4pm located at the Christian Worship Center pavillion
Fall Gardening
We have started our seeds for our fall garden. We're using Mesclun Harris Mesclun Mix and Turnip Purple Top White Globe Organic Mix, so we are excited to see how
Seed Saving
We have decided to save our heirloom tomatoe seeds that were donated to us this year! So we held a workshop and one of our participants taught us about how
Workshops and Canning!!
We recently had a fall gardening workshop and everyone seems to be getting pretty exicited, a lot of our gardeners havent been big into the fall gardening until now so
Oven Canning
Renee cans every year using the old fashioned way, by using the hot bath canning method. This year she heard of a new canning technique and decided to try it
Potato Bugs!!
So, here at WestCare we have came up with a fun way to get rid of the Potato Bugs! Bring your kids to the garden and have them play a game and
Harvesting
I would like to share a poem written "Harvesting" by Deb Hamilton (AmeriCorps Member) in our office: Your life is your garden, your choices your seeds; give thought to the
Garden Time
Here at WestCare we have had a great week, after the 2 workshops last week on garden disease management and food preservation, which we had a great turnout for. We also were
Making Progress
We are finally starting to see some action in our garden, things are coming up beautifully! Also, we were able to get all of our tomatoes, peppers, broccoli, cauliflower, and
Workshops!
We held our Heart-Healthy workshop on May 1st at the Estill County Extension office. There was a great turn out, one of the workers there did a presentation and we made
